CURWEN, Frederick Edward
| Service Number: | 254 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toorak, Victoria, 11 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Hawkesdale, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Toorak Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 September 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial A6, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Fremantle St John's Memorial Choir Vestry and Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 254 | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 254, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 254, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 11 December 1890 in Toorak, Victoria
Father Alexander Edward Curwen (d. 6/8/1917) and Mother Elizabeth Catherine Curwen (d. 1897)
father last lived at Terminus Hotel, Packenham Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Frederick lived with Miss B Curwen, care of Mrs Affleck, Hawkesdale, VIC
Siblings (as next of kin)
Sister Miss Elizabeth Ogilvey Curwen
- lived c/o Milton Livingstone Davey, 101 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC
Brother Hugh Philip Curwen
- (1921) lived at 26 Northcote Road, Armadale, VIC
- (1924) lived at 5 Eric St, Hawthorn, VIC
Cousin Florence Curwen
Next of kin in service: (Older Brother)
6241 Private John Airlie Curfew - "runner" for HQ's Signallers, 7th Battalion
18/03/1916 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
11/09/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A14 Euripides
as a Private with 7th Infantry Battalion, 20th reinforcements
He was hit by shell shrapnel and was taken back to a First Aid Point near the front
line were he died of his wounds, at Menin Road, Belgium.
04/10/1917 died of wounds received in action, Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium
He had no known grave
His name is commemorated on:-
- Panel 7 of The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
- Panel 49 of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Frederick was described on enlisting as 24 years 2 months of age; 5' 5" tall; 123 lbs;
medium tan complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Church of England
08/03/1915 enlisted in Perth, WA
02/06/1915 appointed to B Company, 28th Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA
09/06/1915 embarked Fremantle, WA onboard HMAT Ascanius A11
as a Private in B Company, 28th Battalion
04/09/1915 embarked with Battalion onboard HT Ivernia ex Alexandria
for Gallipoli, ANZAC
21/09/1915 serious shrapnel wound in the arm and chest, Gallipoli, ANZAC
(left arm, left side and left leg)
21/09/1915 Died 1900 of wounds received in action in Gallipoli, ANZAC
at 7th Field Ambulance ANZAC, Gallipoli Peninsula
21/09/1915 noted that he was buried by Reverand Brennan - Gallipoli Penninsula
His name is commemorated on:-
- Lone Pine (Special Memorial A. 6), Gallipoli, Turkey
"Believed to be buried in this cemetery" (actual grave unknown)
- Panel 112 of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
- Marble tablet in St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle, Western Australia
'To the glory of God. The Choir Vestry was erected A.D. 1922 in grateful
memory of the men from this parish who gave their lives for God and King
and Country in the Great War 1914-1919." "Their name liveth for evermore."
Medals: 1914/15 Star (26109); British War medal (13741), Victory medal (13681)
Memorial Plaque and Scroll (313916)
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 19/01/2017. Lest we forget.
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